Hame-fastener.



G. FOSTER.

-HAME FASTENER.

APPLICATION IILED MAB.29,1909.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

anmnl'on coLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. D- c.

GEORGE FOSTER, OF SWITZ CITY, INDIANA.

HAME-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Application filed MarchfiWlQflS; SeriatITo-LSQME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Fos'rnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Switz City, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in flame-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hame fasteners, and the objectis to provide means whereby the hook members can be readily connectedtogether or disconnected from each other.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully de scribed andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsFignre 1 is a view showing my inventionconnected to the ends of a pair of hames; Fig. is a top plan view of thehook members connected together; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View, and Figs.4 and '5 are views of each member.

A represents the hames, which are provided with the usual rings 1 and Band C are the hook members which are provided with snap hooks 2 and 3,which are adapted to engage the rings of the hames.

The member B has the body thereof bifur-cated as at 4:. The lever 5 ispivotally mounted in the bifurcated ends of the member B, and lugs orprojections 6 are formed on one end of the lever.

The member 0 is made hollow through its body portion as at 7, andratchet teeth 8 are formed on the body in which are received theprojections 6 of the lever 5. The member C is of less width than themember B and is capable of being received in the body B, and theprojections 6, 6, are adapted to enter the ratchet teeth 8 of the memberC, and the shaft 9 to which the lever 5 is pivotally connected in themember B is adapted to enter the ratchet teeth. The outer end of thelever is held between the sides of the member C by a spring clasp 10which is connected to the member C, and it projects over the lever 5when the lever has been pressed down upon the member 0.

When the parts are connected in this man ner the hames are connectedtogether, but when it is desired to release the hames the lever isdisengaged from the clasp 10, and by drawing the lever down it willbecome disengaged from the ratchet teeth thereby disconnecting the twomembers B and C.

By this method it is unnecessary to disconnect the members B and C fromthe hames, but by simply releasing the lever from the member 0 the twomembers can be disconnected. However, when it is desired to clasp thehames upon a collar the member C is received within the member B and thelever 5 will engage the ratchet teeth at one end of the lever, the otherend of the lever being held by the clasp 10 on the member C.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a very simpleinvention which can be manufactured at small cost and which forms asimple method of connecting the hames together.

It is evident that more or less slight changes might be made in the formand arrangement of the several parts described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to belimited to the exact construction herein set forth, but:

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hame fastener comprising a bifurcated and a slotted member, eachhaving a snap hook at its outer end, a lever carrying a shaft which isjournaled in the bifurcated member, said lever carrying outwardlyextending projections at one end, the slotted member provided withratchet-teeth which initially receive the projections on the lever andsubsequently the shaft at points between the lever and the ends of thebifurcated member, and means for locking the lever to hold the partstogether.

2. A hame fastener comprising a bifurcated and a slotted member, a shaftjournaled in the bifurcated member, a lever ournaled on the shaft, aslotted member having ratchet-teeth formed on the sides thereof, Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature, eaid slotted member adapted tobe received in the presence of tWo Witnesses. 111 the chvlded end of thehlfureated member, GEORGE FOSTER projections on one end of the leveradapted to be received by the ratchet-teeth, and Vitnesses:

means on the slotted member for locking the HENRY SWITZ, lever betweenthe sides thereof. FAY ODONALD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

